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  1. Can you allow iCloud only for certain notebooks? I dont want to back up everything on Icloud since I have unlimited google drive storage, but I need to sync a planner between my iphone and goodnotes so this would be really handy! Thanks <3

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  2. paper with dots on a equilateral triangular grid.

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  3. I would like to have the option to write by text fractions and powers. Things that are used in mathematical quite often.

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  4. Please add GIF feature to GoodNotes because in my studies there are various topics on which I have to use GIFs but, I cannot. My notes are pending. Please add this feature as fast as you can so that I can continue my studies.
    I hope you will add this feature.

    Regards

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  5. I use different size papers for different notebooks and have to change fonts in each one. One size does not fit all. Being able to have a default font for each notebook would be great. Also, some notebooks I use vertical scrolling, and some horizontal. Different defaults there would be great too. Other than that it is perfect for me. . Keep up the good work. .

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  6. I'd love to be able to write in full screen mode - sometimes I'm just doing maths exercises, all I need is a black pen and double tap to erase. I just wish we could have the read-only mode screen real estate, while writing. I don't need the toolbar or document tabs most of the time!

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  7. I saw a couple suggestions to add a zoom lock (hey, palm rejection isn't perfect) and wanted to add an extra suggestion (for touch devices such as iPad). Add a button for locking zoom/horizontal scrolling and change the single-finger double tap from smart zoom to another tool, such as eraser, when the zoom is locked.

    So with the zoom unlocked, double tap would work as smart zoom, just as it currently does. With zoom locked, the double tap could switch tools instead of having to click on the toolbar every time. Could be a massive time saver in the long…

    12 votes

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  8. A "back to reading" option when browsing in the goodnotes files system would be most appreciated.

    So say I leave a document I was reading in order to browse through the GoodNotes system, it would be nice to have a button which would send me back to where I was reading when I left the document.

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  9. To utilise the new elements feature it would be great if we would be able to import or export elements sets. This would be great for digital sticker sets you buy from Etsy or similar places, so you do not have to import each sticker individually.

    12 votes

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  10. I would love to use a Goodnotes' planner, but there is one obstacle in the way for me, since reminders and events in those planners are not recognised by operating system.
    I would love to have the option to sync those event/reminder information within Calendar and Reminders apps. So when I plan something (maybe within a special text field) into my planner, the event/reminder would be mirrored in those apps.

    It would be even greater if it could go the other way as well - for the Reminders app: check in Reminders app = checks in Goodnotes but I am…

    12 votes

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  11. Offer an integrated option that can allow users to create or edit templates. It could be a desktop-version or a webapp or whatever, but it is so frustrating that I can't simply create my own darkmode templates from the whitepaper templates. I would love to have a customizable template feature as well, perhaps mod some aspects of a page or have a selector of template variants.

    12 votes

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  12. I want the option to be able to go to a different page and then click a 'back button' to whatever page I was on previously (within the same notebook). This would be really helpful since some of my notebooks are really long, and sometimes I just want to check something out on a different page and then go back to the page I was previously on. It takes me a long time to scroll all the way back to the page, so this would be very helpful :)

    12 votes

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  13. Hi,

    For me it would be very useful if I could sort a documents pages in thumbnail mode by creation date and date of last modification.

    Especially in larger documents it's hard to find the side where I have changed something yesterday...

    12 votes

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  14. A “stamp tool”:
    This would allow users to natively create stamps of their own design using existing GoodNotes tools like shapes AND/OR import photos or shapes that can be added to an internal library of shapes to be used over and over. See below for functionality.

    User draws or writes something.
    User selects the object with stamp tool.
    The stamp tool saves the object into “library or repository of object.”
    User can “stamp” the object repeatedly.

    This is like the objects library in illustrator. You could have an “object selector tool” to select the items that go into the library.…

    12 votes

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  15. stop compressing images imported into pdf. Retain the image quality please!

    12 votes

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  16. I´m using the option flash cards on the ipad frequently, but it would be really great to improve this tool for usage on laptops. The cards, and shown answers, are really small, so its often impossible to check if you´ve got everything right, especially when the cards are rather full and the textsize is small.

    12 votes

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  17. I need to do a lot of reading, whether it's class readings or readings that correspond to my interests. The problem is that I don't have time to fit all of it into my schedule. My eyes get tired from all of that reading and I often wish I could just relax my eyes but still listen to the books/articles being read. This would help me keep absorbing information and move forward even when I don't feel like reading. I wish GoodNotes had a feature that could read aloud for me PDF books and scanned articles.

    PDF books usually have…

    12 votes

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  18. Instead of highlighter overlining text, program it to switch behind the text. Included is a photo with the above text featuring an overlined highlight, and the lower text featuring "behind" highlight. (In order to achieve "behind", need to first mark with highlighter then write over with pen). The current "overline" setting is frustrating because it compromises the color of the pen instead of accenting it.

    12 votes

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  19. Like in the apple PDF modificator, it may be interesting to add a ruler to make easier to underline some text or doing geométric shapes. Currently in Good Note the tool which allow us to do shape or straight line is a bit hard to use.
    Sometimes, we can’t do what we want. It’s a waste of time.

    12 votes

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  20. Would be great to add more keyboard shortcuts on MacOS version but also for iPad with external keyboard.

    missing
    - Clear Page
    - Laser Pointer

    Improvements:
    - custom keyboard shortcuts (defined by user)
    - accessing/selecting different Tools within Tools (f.e. different Pen Types) through keyboard shortcuts
    - accessing/selecting Colors through keyboard shortcuts
    - accessing/selecting different Size of stroke through keyboard shortcuts
    - accessing/selecting different Fonts Types...

    12 votes

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